Bloomin Beautiful yet again! Club Card

Another card we did at our club meeting two weeks ago. Of course I used my new favourite stamp set, Bloomin Beautiful! On this card I used the Top Note die with some Walk in the Park Designer Paper (which you could get FREE if you purchase three other designer papers this month!) The poppies are coloured with Ruby Red and Cameo Coral Stampin Write markers and a Blender Pen with Kiwi Kiss ink. The black brads, ribbon and card base make everything pop!

Ok we are going to try this give-a-away again. This time just send me an e-mail to enter you into the contest to win a free Regal Rose Craft ink pad and ink refill. I think my e-mail is working again since I am now receiving junk e-mail and this will be a great way to test it. Just put Regal Rose Craft ink pad in the subject line. You have until tomorrow night to send me an e-mail and I will do a draw Tuesday morning. I will send a quick response to you when I get your e-mail so if you don't hear from me, try again.

Spring Fling Class...

Here is a little preview of my Spring Fling Class on Sunday May 24th at my place. Pictured are three of the items we will be making: a picture frame, a sunflower box and a notecard box (with 5 notecards). We will also be making a stamped candle (not the candle itself) and a notecard kit

in a tin. Please call to sign up for this class as my e-mail is onthe fritz and I haven't received any since the weekend. Don't forget that for every class you take in May and June gets you a ballot to win a brand new Full of Life stamp set (pictured in my April 16th posting)! Cost for this class is $25.

Because my e-mail is not working I am holding on my draw for the Regal Rose Craft ink pad and ink refill. Once my e-mail is working I will re-issue that draw, those of you who e-mailed me will be entered.

Club Card - Great Friend and Oval All...

This is one of the cards we did at our April club meeting using a technique called Faux silk (it basically gived the look of raw silk when you see it in person!) I used the Great friends and Oval All stamp sets from the Occasions mini catalogue. The ink colours we used were Regal Rose, Kiwi Kiss, Pretty in Pink and Pink Pirouette. The patterned paper is from Bella Rose (am I going to miss this paper or what. I hope they save the design and just change the colours in the new catalogue this summer!) We also used a corner ticket punch and the new scallop oval punch in the Occasions mini.

Nursery Necessities Sailboat card

Such a cute little baby card! Nursery Necessities makes the best cards for babie and I am sure it would be great in a scrapbook as well. For this card I used Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink and Barely Banana cardstock and inks. The silver eyelet, pink tafetta ribbon and scallop edge finish off this card perfectly.

In the spirit of pink I am giving away a Regal Rose craft ink pad and ink refill to one of you who post a comment on todays card. I will do a draw on May 8th. I will post the winner then. If there is only one comment you of course win! You must be a currant customer of mine to win. If you are posting with a fancy code name please drop me an e-mail so I know who you are!

Wonderful Watercolours

As soon as I saw this stamp set in the catalogue I knew this was a must have for me, daisies are my absolute favourite flowers (followed by tulips and daffodils in case you were wondering) It's a two step stamping set, which means there is an outline image and a solid image and the stamp set has a bit of a learning curve to use. Unless of course you already own a Stamp-a-ma-jig, which makes stamping this card a breeze. To make this card I used Certainly Celery, Barley Banana and Apricot Appeal which look very fresh and "springy" to me. I also used the Eyelet Border punch as well as Basic Gray Classic ink for the sentiment.

Bloomin Beautiful Again....

This is my new favourite card with my new favourite stamp set. The Cameo Coral (a very neglected colour in my collection) and the Basic Black are a stunning colour combination (in my own opinion) The flower is stamped with Black Staz On three times and coloured with Cameo Coral, Ruby Red, Close to Cocoa and Mellow Moss Stampin Write Markers. The word "bloom" is embossed with white embossing powder and the black and white gingham ribbon adds the perfect touch to the card.

Blooming With Love...Club card

This card is one of the cards my club did with the stamp set "Blooming With Love" It's almost Mother's Day so I figured I should squeeze at least one card in before the big event. This stamp set is so much fun to colour (something I am really loving to do lately) We used Stampin Write markers to colour the flowers but we used an Aquapainted with Going Gray Classic ink to colour the wheelbarrow. The card base was made with Going Gray textured cardstock and the cardstock layers were So Saffron and Pretty in Pink. I used Natural White cardstock because it is a bit heavier than Whisper White and takes the watercolouring well without warping.

Bloomin Beautiful...

This is just one of the many new cards I have made this week with my new stamp set Bloomin Beautiful from the catalogue. It's been in the catalogue for over a year and I just kept passing it by, but one of my customers ordered it and seeing it in person made me realize just how gorgeous this set is. If you love to colour you are going to LOVE this stamp set. I have been having so much fun playing with it, so much in fact, I revamped one of my cards for this weekends stampers group just so we could use this set!

Supplies Used to Make this card:

• Bloomin Beautiful stamp set
• Thinking of You stamp set ("For you")
• Silver Hodgepodge
• Almost Amethyst, Mellow Boss and Lovely Lilac Stampin Write markers
• Staz on Black ink
• Loverly Lilac Classic Ink
• White Tafetta ribbon
• Lovely Lilac, Whisper White and Lavender Lace cardstock

Flight of the Butterfly ....

If you love butterflies you are going to love this stamp set as much as I do. I just love the two step stamping ( you can pick polka dots of flowers to layer overtop of the solid butterfly) and it has great swirly verses to use with the butterflies. On this card I also used Tangerine Tango Designer Series paper and a daisy flower I cut out with my Big Shot and the Flower, Daisies #2 die.

Butterflies have been my big "rage" this spring and I am loving the butterflies in this stamp set, Simple Friendship, Great Friend (from the Occasions mini) and God's Beauty (the level one hostess set) I'll try not to let all my other stamp sets feel neglected though!

Take a class....win great stuff!

See the beautiful tin...I have both the inside and the outside posted. It's a notecard kit I made with the Great Friend stamp set in the Ocassions mini catalogue. It includes all the supplies to make 5 of the notecards pictured including envelopes, brads, ribbon, designer paper and stamped images(as well as my sample card!) Every person who attends my Simple Friendship card class will be entered into a draw to win this tin! I still have two spaces left. See all the details for the class in my April 6th post below!

Take a class in May or June and win the Full of Life stamp set (Pictured below)!!!!

For every class you take of mine (private, here at my house or 2go!) in May and June you will get a ballot to win a brand new Full of Life stamp set! While it's not pictured in the catalogue, it is still current (on the dormant list!) I will do the draw on July 1st and post it here on my blog who won! Good luck!

Simply Said....

Here is an oldie but a goodie stamp set. It's been around for years now and yet when every retirement list comes out, it's never on it. It's been awhile since I pulled it out and made some cards with it so here is a card I made this week. While I think this stamp set looks great in all colours I think it looks fabulous using the nice bright colours from the Bold Brights colour family. I stamped the image in black and then coloured it in with markers from the Bold Bright family. To do the polka dot strip I coloured the dots on the Polka Dot background stamp (not in the catalogue but still available to order) with markers, huffed and then stamped.

Cheep Talk

This is a simple little card I made with the Cheep Talk stamp set in the catalogue. I coloured all the images with markers and huffed on the stamp before actually stamping it to the paper.

The deadline for my Simple Friendship class is coming up soon (this Sunday!) Be sure to check back here later this week to see what I will be giving away to one of the people who signed up for the class. The class is also available to go if you can't make the class on May 2nd.

Thoughts and Prayers...

This card was one of the cards we did last month in my classes to show how simple and awesome embossing is! I don't emboss that much, in fact I am sure I use my heat gun more to dry images than to emboss but the simplicity of the gold embossing on the Very Vanilla cardstock is so pretty to me. In a few months I am going to start my Christmas classes (yep starting Christmas cards early this year!) so I am sure my embossing gun will get a lot more use.

Supplies to Make This Card

• Thoughts and Prayers Stamp Set
• Beautiful Borders Stamp Set ("with sympathy" stamp)
• Versamark Watermark Ink Pad
• Gold Embossing Powder
• Black Grosgrain Ribbon
• Black Staz On ink
• Black Brads
• Basic Black, Very Vanilla cardstock
• Brushed Gold cardstock

Simple Friendship Class

This is one of the five cards we will be making at my Simple Friendship class on Saturday May 2nd, 10 am at my place. Cost for signing up is $45. This price includes your own Simple Friendship stamp set to take home as well as the 5 cards we will be making in the class. Sign up deadline is Sunday April 19th so I can have enough stamp sets ordered in time for this class.

Great Friend

This card was one of the first I made with the new stamp set "Great Friend" out of the new Occasions mini catalogue. I used Baja Breeze and Night of Navy for the colours and absolutely no embellishments, which was incredibly hard for me. I have a compulsive need to add ribbon, brads or something. I may have to go back later and add something but for now I am trying to let it be!

Until the end of April, spend $50 (before shipping and tax) out of the mini catalogue and get any item on page 208 free! E-mail me for more details!

A Good Egg

I just love this little guy! Isn't he the cutest. Apparently you all think so too because I have never had a bigger selling stamp set! And to think I almost didn't buy him myself.

These two cards are ones we did last month in my stampers club and various classes. People liked the pink but I think the green was a much bigger hit. Too bad I didn't have more green brads and more of the green galore patterned paper (from the Rainbow Sherbert Designer Paper) The blue paper is from the Washington Apple Designer Paper. The polka dot backround stamp was on both cards (not in this catalogue but still available to order!)

Sale-a-Bration Delicate Dots Designer Paper

Here is one of the cards my clubs made this month using the Sale-a-bration designer paper Delicate Dots. It works perfect for this very cute, gender neutral, baby card. We also used the Certainly Celery poly-twill ribbon. Sale-a-bration ends tomorrow, but there is still time to place your order online at http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stephanied/ Spend $60 before shipping and tax and receive one of 4 Sale-a-bration stamp set, the designer paper or the ribbon bundle.



Supplies Used to make this Card:

• Nursery Necessities stamp set
• Delicate Dots Designer Paper
• Certainly Celery Poly-twill ribbon
• Very Vanilla, Certainly Celery and So Saffron cardstock
• Certainly Celery, So Saffron and Basic Gray classic ink
• Star Punch
• Word Window Punch
• Paper Piercer
• Stamp-a-ma-jig

Quick Card Class

Here is a little preview of two of the cards we will be making at my Saturday April 4th class (Quick Cards - Flowers and Winged Things). We will be making 10 cards, all designs that can be put together in under 10 minutes, using flower, butterfly and bird stamps.

Although I am showing you a wonderful Chocolate Chip card, the class is primarily spring colours (So I know Cheryl, who is already signed up, will love these cards!) The class starts and 10am and the cost for this class is $25.

There is still a few spaces left so sign up ASAP.

You Quack me Up!

Here is cute little card made from the Animal Crackers stamp set. The animals in this set are just adorable. I bought it for the giraffe because I just love giraffe's but I haven't actually made a card with that stamp yet. The paper I used on this card is from the Washington Apple designer series paper.

I hope everyone had a nice March break, I know for some of you it went by far too fast. Only a few more weeks until the Easter break (and the new Hannah Montana movie Mary is counting down to!)

A Good Egg...

Isn't this little chick the cutest thing ever! I love him. I wasn't going to buy him but when one of my club members ordered him and I saw the stamp set I knew I just had to have him (thanks Tina!) This is just one of the many cards I made with him and my club members later this month will get to make a different card with him (which I will probably post in April) Now is the time to order Easter stamps and supplies if you want to have time to make cute stuff before Easter (which is quickly approaching, April 12th)

Supplies to Make this Card

• A Good Egg stamp set
• Sweet Always Designer Paper
• Tangerine Tango, Regal Rose, Whisper White cardstock
• Staz On Black Ink
• Barely Banana, Apricot Appeal stampin write markers
• Orange Glitter (Fine Supernova pack)
• 2 way glue pen
• Corner rounder punch
• gold eyelet
• pumpkin grosgrain ribbon

Chocolate Chip Celebrate....

I've been good, I've posted lots of other colours lately so I thought I deserved to post one of my beautiful Chocolate Chip coloured creations. You may find this hard to believe but for the first time in about year I have been creating more cards without chocolate chip than with so I thought it deserved a little love today!

Supplies to make this card:

• Celebrate Everything stamp set
• True Friend stamp set
• Chocolate Chip Craft ink
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Chocolate Chip Designer Prints Paper
• Chocolate Chip Cardstock
• Very Vanilla Cardstock
• Half Pearl (from Pretties Kit)

Heartfelt Thanks...

Heartfelt Thanks is a stamp set I have had since before I started Stampin Up, classes etc so I find it pushed to the back of all my stamp sets when something new and exciting is coming in. I was glad I pulled it out for this card because I think it's beautiful stamped on the pale plum. The "Warm Wishes" and the embossed border (Perfect Plum craft ink embossed with clear embossing powder) are both from the Beautiful Borders stamp set. The edge of the card is punched with the scallop edge punch. Purples are my new, gotta use colour since it has been severly neglected in my collection. In fact it's only been in the past month that I have had to buy new packs of Lovely Lilac, Perfect Plum etc.. cardstock since I started doing this....two years ago!

Petal Pizzazz

I just love the colours I used on this card, I must be a colour genius! (so full of myself aren't I? LOL!)

It makes me think of spring, which had better be on it's way because I am really really really tired of winter. Is it just me or does winter seem really long this year? It's always long, because of where we live and I usually just go with the flow but I need to see some tulips really soon!

Supplies to Make this Card

• Petal Pizzazz Stamp Set
• Thank You Kindly Stamp Set
• See You Around Wheel
• Apricot Appeal, Tangerine Tango,Baja Breeze and Kiwi Kiss Classic Inks
• Apricot Appeal, Tangerine Tango, Baha Breeze and Whisper White Cardstock
• Black Staz On ink
• Apricot Buttons
• Paper Piercer
• Paper Piercing Template
• Paper Snips

A Little Birdie Told Me....

Birds are so "in" this year I thought I should probably bring out some of my bird stamps and start playing with them. This little bird is from the "A Little Birdie Told Me" stamp set and I used the oval punches as well as the oval coluzzle in the catalogue to cut the larger ovals around the bird. I love the look of the Jumbo eyelets on the card.

Thoughts of You Card Class

Today's card is one of the 6 cards we will be making in my "Thoughts of You" card class on March 1st. We will be making sympathy, get well and just plain old thinking of you cards. There will be a variety of sentiments available in case you need to turn one of them into a birthday/thank you card. I think the card on the left would make a great birthday card for men. There is still a couple of spaces left so e-mail me to sign up. Cost is $30.

Check out my SU website for an updated schedule of my classes in April and May.

Club Card #2

Today's card is the second card we made at my clubs this past month. Not the greatest picture but for some reason I just couldn't get it to scan as pretty as the card actually is! Same basic card design as the other card (wth the scalloped edge) but completely different card. The Barely Banana, So Saffron and Certainly Celery look so springy together!

Supplies to Make this Card:

• Botanical Blooms Stamp Set (SAB)
• Yummy Stamp Set (SAB)
• Barely Banana, Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Very Vanilla Cardstock
• So Saffron, Barely Banana, Certainly Celery Classic Ink
• Eyelet Border Punch
• Certainly Celery Grosgrain
• 2 way glue pen
• Dazzling Diamonds

Club Card February....

For those of you in one of my clubs and missed the last meeting here is one of the cards we made. Super cute and super quick! I am really loving orange this year, I think that's the colour I am going to have to work hard and stay away from or everything will be Tangerine Tango, Pumpkin Pie and Apricot Appeal. Although it might look good with Chocolate Chip.....hmmm...!

Supplies to Make this Card:

• Petal Pizazz stamp set
• Absolutely Fabulous stamp set
• Apricot Appeal, Whisper Whit cardstock
• Eyelet Border Punch
• Clear embossing Powder
• Dazzling Diamonds Glitter
• Tangerine Tango ink
• Black Staz On ink
• Versamark Watermark ink

Botanical Blooms

Here is one of the cards I made with the new Botanical Blooms set you can get FREE when you make any purchase of $60.

I also used one of the pieces from the beautiful Styled Silver Hodgepiodge kit (I am forcing myself to use it so that I don't hoard it all!)

Supplies to Make this card:

• Botanical Blooms stamp set
• Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Basic Black, Mellow Moss classic ink
• Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Pacific Point Cardstock
• Scallop Punch
• 1/8 hole punch
• Small Oval punch
• Styled Silver Hodgepodge

Have an "ice" day!

Isn't this just the perfect card for today! Lots of Freezing rain this morning so right now my car is covered in ice. No school buses today so it's a snow day!

This card was made with the Animal Crackers stamp set, same as yesterday. All the little animals in this stamps set are so adorable!

Supplies needed to make this card:

• Animal Crackers stamp set
• Sprinkles stamp set
• Basic Gray, Going Gray, Basic Black and Whisper White Cardstock
• Black Staz On ink
• Basic Gray Classic Ink
• Black Gingham ribbon
• Pewter brads
• Corner rounder punch

Ears wishing you a happy day!

This is the cutest stamp set in the new catalogue. It's called Animal Crackers and as soon as Mary saw it she told me she wanted it. I might have to share it with her! I like all the little puns underneath the cute animals. I think this little bunny could make a cute little Easter card!

Supplies to make this card:

• Animal Crackers stamp set
• Flower Fusion and Flower Fusion Too (felt flowers)
• Rhinestone brad
• 1 3/4 Circle punch
• Pumpkin Grosgrain
• Pumpkin, Regal Rose and Whisper White Cardstock
• Sweet Always Designer Paper

"In Colours" Eastern Bloom card

I thought I would use the usually brightly coloured Eastern Blooms set and try making it a bit darker. Turns out I think this colours look good together. In fact now that I have been stamping so long, I am losing my fear of colour. I use to make cards usually with only two different colours, but now it's fun to put a bunch of colours together and find out I actually like them. I am going to have to challange myself more this way.

Supplies to Make This Card:

• Eastern Blooms stamp set
• Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point, Baja Breeze and Very Vanilla cardstock
• Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point and Baja Breeze Classic Ink
• Chit Chat rub ons (thanks for being there)
• Paper Piercer
• 1/2" circle punch

SAB Botanical Blooms

6 Weeks of winter left or so the groundhog says. Lets hope it's true. I am ready to look outside and see some green!

This is a card I made using a different flower from the Sale-a-bration stamp set Botanical Blooms and the new designer paper Candy Lane. The Congratulations is from the SAB set Congrats. Spend $60 (before shipping and tax and you can either of these stamp sets FREE!

Sale-a-bration time!

I just have to say first of all; a big thank you to everyone who came to the new catalogue lauch party yesterday. I had a lot of fun and I hope you all did too! And congratulations to Debbie W who won the door prize.

Today's card is one of the cards we made with the new Sale-a-bration stamp sets (Congrats and Botanical Blooms) yesterday morning. I know Tangerine Tango and Regal Rose probably isn't at the top of everyone's favourite colour combinations but I am loving the orange and pink together.

Now that Sale-a-bration has started, every $60 order you place, before shipping and tax, you get to choose one item out of the Sale-a-bration catalogue. It has 4 stamp sets, a ribbon bundle and designer paper. Not only that but if you place an order through my website http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stephanied/ you will also receive a free catalogue with your order.

Candy Lane Designer Paper Card...

Isn't this paper yummy? It's definitely my favourite designer paper because it has some of my favourite colours in it.

Tomorrow is my New Catalogue Launch party and you don't want to miss it. There will be specials for those who attend and goodie bags for everyone. Plus everyone who attends will recieve a ballot to win the door prize which is a Love You Much stamp set and the matching punch Heart to Heart. Plus much much more but you need to show up in order to be eligible.

Supplies Needed to Make this Card

Love You Much stamp set

Candy Lane Designer Paper

Pretties Kit (Flower)

Clear Rhinestone brads

Riding Hood Red, Close to Cocoa and Very Vanilla Cardstock

Basic Brown Ink

Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Ruby Red Stampin Write Markers

Happy as Happy Gets...

I'm not a purple person. Not at all. There I said it. Hate me if you will but I find it a really hard colour to work with so I don't usually pull it out when I am looking at colours for a card. I have been working really hard over the past few weeks to make a few things with the colour since the cardstock is acculumating here. I actually think the purple works great with this stamp set and looks nice and "springy" when paired with the Celery.

Supplies to make this Card:

• Flight of the Butterfly Stamp Set
• See You around Wheel
• Chit Chat Rub Ons
• Stamp-ma-jig
• Lovely Lavender, Whisper White, Certainly Celery cardstock
• Lovely Lavender Classic Ink
• Staz On Black ink
• Flower from Pretties Kit

Heartfelt Thank You

I've been noticing that my blog has been rather pink/red lately so I thought it would be time to post a card made with a different colour. I am loving Tangerine Tango this spring, it looks so bright and fun with all the yellows and the pinks.

Supplies to Make this card:

• Heartfelt Thanks stamp set
• Beautiful Borders stamp set (Thank You)
• Tangerine Tango Textured cardstock
• Apricot Appleal, Tangerine Tango cardstock
• Apricot Appeal, Tangerine Tango, Certainly Celery Classic ink
• Black Staz On ink
• Watercolour paper
• Black Grosgrain ribbon

Happy New Catalogue Day!

This is one of the cards we will be making at my "How Do I Love Thee" class in a few weeks. The class will be all about love and friendship and of course there will be other verse stamps available in case you just need to turn one of the cards into a thank you or birthday card.

This card was made with one of my favourite new stamp sets in the new catalogue, and for the first time EVER it's a hostess set. This stamp set is called Echoes of Kindness and it is a Level 2 stamp set (meaning you need to have a workshop of $395 in order to earn it free) The word cherish makes this card good for a wedding card, anniversary card or even just a "I love you" card.

You Are One of a Kind....

Here is a card I made for my frirned Tara's birthday earlier this month. Now we all know I love these colours together...Chocolate Chip and any pink are "sweeeet" as my daughter would say.

The new catalogue is beautiful, I absolutely love all th enew Sizzix stuff that's in there and there are some fabulous accessories. Unfortunately there are a few price increases (although not on everything...whew!) Some stamp sets went up a few dollars. Mostly the older sets because all the stamp sets in the catalogue are now die cut. No more blisters for me cutting everything when it comes in! Ink pads went up about 70 cents each and a few accessories have went up in price. But overall most of the catalogue is the same price which is awesome.

Supplies to make this card:

• One of a Kind Stamp Set
• Sweet Always Designer Paper
• Vellum
• Chocolate Chip, Whisper White cardstock
• Chocolate Chip Taffeta ribbon
• Versamark Watermark
• White embossing powder
• Regal Rose, Prettty in Pink Stampin Write markers
• Chocolate Chip Classic Ink
• half pearls (from Pretties Kit)

Club Card - Love You Much

Here is the last card we did at our club meeting this past weekend. I am just in love with this new patterned paper (Candy Lane) It is my favourite out of the whole new catalogue (yes I have my catalogue!!!!!) Probably because of the colours because as far as I am concerned brown and pink is an awesome colour combination! This paper has Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose, Close to Cocoa and Very Vanilla in it. Just beautiful!

Supplies to make this card:

• Love You Much Stamp Set
• Candy Lane Designer Series Paper
• Scallop Edge Punch
• Basic Brown Ink
• Red Riding Hood Ink
• Pretty in Pink Stampin Write Marker
• Certainly Celery Stampin Write Marker
• Red Riding Hood Taffeta ribbon
• Antique Brass brads

Club Card - Wishing You a Happy Heart

Here is the second card we made at our club meeting last weekend. I am so happy this stamp set made it into the new catalogue (it was introduced in the Holiday Mini)

Supplies to Make this card:

A Happy Heart
Polka Dot Background
Certainly Celery Cardstock
Regal Rose Cardstock
Pink Pirouette Cardstock
Very Vanilla Cardstock
Certainly Celery Classic Ink
Regal Rose Classic Ink
Pretty in Pink Classic Ink
Basic Gray Classic Ink
Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware

Club Card - Crab and Company

He sure was a popular little guy yesterday at our January Club meeting. I think my love for this little crab is well known if you read my blog he's just so darn cute. The three hearts you see on the left hand side of the card were stamped from the Love You Much stamp set and punched out with the new Heart to Heart punch. All of you who ordered this set yesterday will get a card sheet of all the crab and company cards I have made so you can remember all the ones I had on display (you too Tina even though you ordered your last month!) and I might even through in a little baggie of the googly eyes since he is just not complete without the googly eyes!

Supplies to make this card:

• Crab and Company Stamp set
• Love You Much stamp set
• Black Staz On ink
• Real Red Classic Ink
• Watercolour Paper
• Ski Slope Patterned Paper (Holiday Mini)
• Red Brads
• Blender Pen
• Circle Punches - 1 inch and 1 1/4 inch

Love You Much Bundle

Isn't this a cute stamp? I have only made about 10 cards using it this past week. We did a great card at our club meeting yesterday, which I will post later in the week but this set is so cute for cards as well as scrapbooks. It's from the new Love You Much stamp set that will be in the next catalogue (coming soon - woo hoo!) but you can get the bundle for 20% off right now (see below!)

Supplies for this card:

• Love You Much stamp set
• Candy Lane Designer Paper
• Heart to Heart Punch
• Riding Hood Red Cardstock
• Pink Pirouette Cardstock
• Rose Red cardstock
• Very Vanilla Cardstock
• Flower Fusion Felt Flower
• Silver Brad
• Dazzling Diamonds Glitter
• Ruby Red, Rose Red, Certainly Celery Stampin Write Markers

The Love You Much Bundle is for sale now, until January 31st and includes the new three Heart to Heart punch which matches one of the stamps in the stamp set ( punches three hearts and I will post a picture of a card with that tomorrow!), beautiful new designer paper called Candy Lane (with the gorgeous colours of Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Close to Cocoa and Very Vanilla) and of course the new Love You Much stamp set. This bundle is 20% off and is $50.28 but would normally cost $62.85.

Love You So Much.....

Tis the season for Valentine's and I absolutely love Valentine's. I finally took the time this morning to photograph a bunch I have been working on so here is card # 1.

Supplies to Make this card:

• A Happy Heart (in the Holiday Mini)
• Candy Land Designer Series Paper (NEW Catalogue! Part of the Valentine's Bundle on sale NOW!)
• love you much rub on (Chit Chat rub ons)
• Silver Brads
• Heart Punch (NEW Catalogue! Part of the Valentine's Bundle on sale NOW!)
• Riding Hood Red Classic Ink
• Basic Black, Real Red, Very Vanilla Cardstock

Country Living Holiday Collection Stampin Kit- 50% off!

This is a fabulous deal at half price! It was regularily priced at $59.95 but now it is only $29.48 you are really getting the most for your dollar. This package includes a roll of white taffeta ribbon, a role of silver cord, Mono Multi glue, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (these things sold seperately cost over $25. List of items in this kit include:

• Holiday Collection Stamp Set (6 stamps)
• Silver Metallic Cord (25 yds)
• White Taffetta Ribbon (10 yds)
• Dazzling Diamons Glitter (1/2 oz)
• Tombow Mono Multi Glue
• Rhinestone brads (20 pieces)
• Red Riding Hood Classic Spot
• Old Olive Craft Ink Spot
• Uninked Stampin Spot
• Whisper White Craft ink refill
• Stampin Dimensionals (one sheet)
• 12 x 12 die cut chipboard (4 sheets)
• 12 x 12 die cut Designer Series Paper (8 sheets)
• 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper (4 sheets)
• 12 x 12 Whisper White Cardstock (2 sheets)

I have this kit already and used the stamp set and the accessories quite a bit and I am saving the chipboard to make ornaments with Mary next year. This kit makes a great gift for next Christmas and would be a lot of fun to do with a crafty kid. The only way to guarantee you get your is to order now through my website (link to the right) Once they run out this sale is over! Shipping is taking a few days longer but this kit is worth the wait! Catalogue # 114447

Inventory Blowout Sale

Below are all the items that Stampin Up has on sale right now (the first price being the regular price, the second price being the sale price. If you wish to order these items the best way to guarantee you get one is by placing an order through my Stampin Up Website (link to the right) I will be placing an order on the evening of the 11th but there is no guarantee that things will be in stock since it is first come, first serve.

Items retiring from the Fall-Winter 2008 Idea Book & Catalogue:

109190 180 On Board 9" x 9" clipboard
$9.50 $6.99
107925 181 On Board Bitty Book
$11.75 $8.99
105384 183 Mellow Moss 6" x 6" Linen Post album
$23.95 $17.99
105381 183 Real Red 6" x 6" Linen Post album
$23.95 $17.99
103977 187 Bold Bright buttons
$8.25 $5.99
104389 188 Double Circle punch
$7.50 $5.49
114447 n/a Country Living Holiday Collection Stampin' Kit
$58.95 $29.48


Retired items from the Spring-Summer 2008 Idea Book & Catalogue:

109013 163 Blue Bayou Classic Stampin' Pad
$6.75 $4.49
109012 163 Groovy Guava Classic Stampin' Pad
$6.75 $4.49
109011 163 Purely Pomegranate Classic Stampin' Pad
$6.75 $4.49
109010 163 River Rock Classic Stampin' Pad
$6.75 $4.49
109009 163 Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad
$6.75 $4.49
109014 163 Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad
$6.75 $4.49
109179 178 On Board Ginormous Pieces
$18.95 $12.99
109189 190 Beachfront Ribbon Originals
$16.95 $14.99
109187 190 District Ribbon Originals
$16.95 $10.99
109188 190 Fairy Tale Ribbon Originals
$16.95 $11.49
109185 190 Jersey Ribbon Originals
$16.95 $11.99
109184 190 Sherbet Ribbon Originals
$16.95 $11.99
109186 190 Theater Ribbon Originals
$16.95 $11.49
109062 191 River Rock double-stitched ribbon
$11.95 $7.99
110716 191 Wild Wasabi striped grosgrain ribbon
$10.95 $7.49


Current products appearing in the upcoming Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalogue:

111349 162 Tangerine Tango 8-1/2" x 11" card stock
$6.50 $4.99
111345 162 In Color (2008-2009) 12" x 12" textured card stock
$13.95 $10.49
109110 185 Fire Circle Rhinestone brads
$13.75 $9.99
109112 185 Fire Square Rhinestone brads
$13.75 $9.99
109113 185 Ice Square Rhinestone brads
$13.75 $9.99
111325 185 Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware
$36.95 $27.49
112454 185 Styled Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware
$36.95 $27.49
113451 n/a 20th Anniversary Embosslits die
$13.95 $10.99

*Quantities at reduced price are limited

You're a Hoot!

This little owl set "Owl Together Now" is so cute I might even start to like as much as I like the "Crab and Company" stamp set. Considering that I am usually a "flower" stamper it's been unusual for me to like things like owls and crabs. Maybe it's the googly eye factor. If you can put googly eyes on an image I seem to like it. On this card I actually didn't use googly eyes but used Crystal Effects to make the eyes glossy.

Supplies for this Card:

Owl Together Now stamp set

Bella Rose Designer Paper (Green dots)

Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip Cardstock

Watercolour paper

Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Creamy Caramel Classic Ink

Blender Pen

Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon

Happy New Year

It's that time of year to make New Years resolutions, you know those things we promise to change or do and usually last a week. I'm trying to not make any grand resolutions because there usually isn't a point to it but for this year I hope to:

-Give more to those who need it but make sure I give to myself as well

-Make sure the people in my life know how much they mean to me

-Have more fun!

The last one is most important because I don't make enough time to just have fun! It's goinbg to be a great year and quite frankly I am really happy 2008 is over.

I wish you all a Happy New Year!

Supplies for the Card posted:

Celebrate Everything stamp set

Sweet Always Designer Paper

Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, and Whisper white cardstock

Chocolate Chip Classic Ink

Chocolate Chip Wide Grosgrain

Die cut flower from Sizzix Baskets and Blooms die

Orange Rhinestone brad